"prehend" meaning in All languages combined

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      "form": "prehending",
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          "text": "Each of the four levels \"prehends\" the other, and so in the punning of words so frequent in hieroglyphic writing, we encounter a richer and more inclusive mode of thought than we are accustomed to.",
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        "To perceive in the manner of Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension."
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        "(philosophy) To perceive in the manner of Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension."
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        {
          "text": "c. 1615-1617, Thomas Middleton, The Widow\nHere they be all three now ; prehend 'em , officers"
        }
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        "To lay hold of; to seize."
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        "(obsolete) To lay hold of; to seize."
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɪˈhɛnd/"
    }
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        "To perceive in the manner of Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension."
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        "(obsolete) To lay hold of; to seize."
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